The working group was set up to help the two allies coordinate their approaches to issues such as denuclearisation talks.- Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters): The United States and South Korea have agreed to consider scrapping a working group established to coordinate North Korea policy, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (June 22), after it became seen as a way for Washington to block inter-Korean projects.
During talks between US special representative for North Korea Sung Kim and his South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-duk on Monday, the two agreed to "look into terminating the working group" while reinforcing coordination at other levels, the ministry said in a statement.
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